This introductory-level course is aimed at a broad audience - anyone who is interested in learning about the Incident Response Life Cycle and how to analyze, contain, and recover from a security incident. This is the second course in the Incident Response series, taking students through the critical processes that occur once a security event has been elevated to the status of a confirmed security incident.
The goals of this 3-day course are to have students analyze log and sensor data, network traffic, host-based artifacts, emails, and contextual data for evidence related to the attack vectors and scope of a breach, using FIRST CVSS 4.0 and other tools. Once this analysis is complete, students will use playbooks and industry-recognized resources, such as the MITRE ATT&CK matrix, to determine the appropriate follow-on actions for containment and recovery.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the types of data relevant to information security events
- Analyze host-based artifacts for the presence of anomalous activity
- Assess log and sensor data for detection of anomalous activity
- Assess contextual data sources for detection of anomalous activity
- Analyze email traffic for the presence of anomalous activity
- Analyze network traffic for the presence of anomalous activity
- Apply playbooks to contain and mitigate threats
- Recommend actions for containment and recovery using the Mitre ATT&CK matrix and detection use cases
- Simulate best practices for containment, analysis, and recovery in an incident response scenario
Framework Connections
The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):
Competency Areas
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